JarBlues Posted December 25, 2015 Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 Is it just me or was this year's DAT scores extremely high? I used to think a 20 in a category is decent and would be competitive but now it seems like everyone has a 20 or higher. I took a look at the DAT score scale and the majority of students actually fall between 19-21. Which is really confusing to me because there's no way that there's enough spots for all the students. Was this year an anomaly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenvisa Posted December 25, 2015 Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 Agreed man. I have no idea how this will affect matriculating class of 2020...I'm willing to bet my $250 application fee that average DAT scores will go up...reason being because more students simply have the AA/PAT/RC required to get an interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msuneong Posted December 25, 2015 Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 Definitely agreed. Nov 2015 DAT RC score of 20 is 39th percentile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarBlues Posted December 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 yeah according to the scale a 20 is somewhere like 50~65 percentile depending on the subject. Really scary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp99 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 The 2015 NOV DAT was my first sitting of the test. I barely studied and I was well aware that I was getting wrecked during every section. When my scores came out, I was pleasantly surprised but then I looked at the scale and realized that I was still below average (well below for some sections) on most of the sections... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxoutp Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 I feel it's unfair to those who took the DAT in the earlier years. Well I guess some sections have gone down (like MDT) but most sections were pretty high this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embracery Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Pretty sure the DAT scores will be analyzed based on test date. Having, for example, a 23 PAT score on the 2015 November test date is 94th percentile while a 22 PAT Score is about 99th percentile in the year prior. By this logic the applicant that scored a 22 score in the November 2014 Test date is in better standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang911 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Pretty sure the DAT scores will be analyzed based on test date. Having, for example, a 23 PAT score on the 2015 November test date is 94th percentile while a 22 PAT Score is about 99th percentile in the year prior. By this logic the applicant that scored a 22 score in the November 2014 Test date is in better standing. Unfortunately, percentile context is not considered when schools evaluate your DAT score :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarBlues Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Pretty sure the DAT scores will be analyzed based on test date. Having, for example, a 23 PAT score on the 2015 November test date is 94th percentile while a 22 PAT Score is about 99th percentile in the year prior. By this logic the applicant that scored a 22 score in the November 2014 Test date is in better standing. I don't think so because the dat score scale sheet says that the scores are directly comparable across years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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